November 19, 2018
That yellowing family recipe stashed in a bottom drawer could be your ticket to some choice kitchenware and lasting lard fame, as we prepare to wrap up the second annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest.
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November 15, 2018
With Thanksgiving just a week away, the right combination of family, fun and food means a memorable holiday -- and Coast Packing Company is offering a trio of recipes to help make that happen.
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November 7, 2018
Proving that there’s nothing like those classic family recipes to bring kitchens and home cooks to life, today we've announced our 2nd Annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest. We've issued the call for any unique, unpublished recipe that uses lard (think pie crust, special bread or cookie recipe, fried chicken concoction, holiday tamale surprise, etc.). Contest entries will be accepted online starting today, November 7, at midnight Pacific time. All online entries must be received by midnight Saturday, December 1.
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November 5, 2018
Eric R. Gustafson, CEO of Coast Packing Company and a past Chairman of the Board of the Vernon Chamber of Commerce, has received the Chamber’s Excellence in Public Service Award, the company announced today. The Vernon Chamber praised Gustafson’s “tremendous dedication and leadership to serve on city commissions, achieving historic milestones for Vernon as a model city of healthy governance on behalf of its residents and business.”
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November 1, 2018
Among the findings in this latest iteration of the consumer survey from Ipsos Research and Coast, consumers recognize that not all fats are created equal or play an identical role in a balanced diet.
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October 23, 2018
Oklahoma State University Food Science major Charley Rayfield has received the first Ron Gustafson Scholarship, established by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Scholarship Foundation in honor of Coast Packing CompanyPresident and Chairman Ron Gustafson, Coast announced today.
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September 18, 2018
In a rousing show of “flour power,” DTLA’s Sonoratown grabbed the coveted Golden Tortilla trophy at Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament with Good Food’s Evan Kleiman -- a celebration of the popular staple of Mexican cooking, sponsored by Coast Packing Company, the West’s largest supplier of healthy animal fat shortenings, which wrapped up on Sunday. Taco Maria, the pride of Costa Mesa, took top honors for its iconic blue corn tortillas.
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September 10, 2018
While we’ve all been going about our late summer business,Taco USAauthor Gustavo Arellano and KCRW Good Food host Evan Kleiman and their team have been devouring tortillas around SoCal as part of Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament – an event, sponsored by Coast Packing Company, the West’s largest supplier of healthy animal fat shortenings, that wraps up this Sunday, Sept. 16.
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August 22, 2018
Coast Packing Company, an enterprise whose VIVA® lard has launched literally tons of tortillas -- today announced that the company has signed on as a sponsor of Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament, a no-holds-barred challenge that pits some of SoCal's most iconic tortilla brands against each other to determine definitively which one reigns supreme.
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August 9, 2018
In its latest installment of “Taste the Difference,” Coast Packing, the leading supplier of animal fat shortenings in the Western U.S., is again taking its #FatMap to the Lone Star state, following up recent stops in Houston and Dallas. While the 25 eateries on the San Antonio Restaurant Week #FatMap run the gamut of culinary styles, all include dishes prepared with lard and/or beef tallow.
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